The Hon. Gilbert A. Taylor is a judge for the Family Court of the City of New York in Bronx County. He was appointed to the bench by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2016.
Prior to his appointment to the bench, Taylor served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Homeless Services (2014 to 2016), executive deputy commissioner of child protection of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (2011 to 2014), and deputy commissioner for the New York City Administration for Children’s Services. He has also served as attorney-in-charge of the Law Guardian Program of the Children’s Rights Society of the Orange County Family Court.
Taylor earned a B.S. from Cornell University. Then, in 1994, he completed a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
He has taught as an adjunct professor at York College of the City University of New York.
His memberships have included the National Bar Association, the Association of Family Court Judges of the State of New York, and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
Taylor was raised in Queens, New York and has resided in Harlem in New York City, New York.